PBKS vs RCB IPL 2024 Dream11 Prediction: Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing XI, fantasy team, squads

PBKS vs RCB: Here is the Dream11 fantasy team, predicted playing XI and squads for the Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match.

Virat Kohli in action against Gujarat Titans. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K/The Hindu

Even if not the favourites, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru wil look to prolonge their playoffs contention when the two meet at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday.

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Punjab comes into the contest after a reverse against Chennai Super Kings while RCB registered a four-wicket win in its previous match against Gujarat Titans.

TOSS - Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings wins the toss and opts to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

LINEUPS

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson.

PBKS: Jonny Bairstow (wk), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa.

Here are the predicted XIs for the two sides:

Punjab Kings Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada.

Bowl 1st: Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Player options: Arshdeep Singh/Prabhsimran Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone,

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Vyshak Vijaykumar.

Bowl 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Dayal.

Impact Player options: Rajat Patidar/Yash Dayal, Manoj Bhandage, Saurav Chauhan, Lockie Ferguson, Mayank Dagar.

PBKS vs RCB DREAM ELEVEN PREDICTION

WICKET KEEPERS

Dinesh Karthik, Prabhsimran Singh

BATTERS

Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (c), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma

ALL ROUNDERS

Cameron Green, Will Jacks (vc)

BOWLERS

Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Siraj

Team Composition: PBKS 5-6 RCB | Credits Left: 14

SQUADS

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.